Crime & Safety

Police: West Babylon Man Drove Drunk With Son in Car

Igor Naida, 38, faces felony charge after being pulled over Sunday afternoon.

A West Babylon man was arrested Sunday afternoon on a felony DWI charge after police say he was driving under the influence with his 15-year-old son in the car. 

Igor Naida, 38, was driving his 1994 Mercedes-Benz westbound on the Sunrise Highway North Service Road and Sands Street in West Babylon around 1:25 p.m. when an officer saw the Mercedes traveling at a high rate of speed and pulled Naida over after he failed to signal, police said. 

Naida was arrested and charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated with a child 15 years old or younger ( a felony Leandra’s Law), driving while intoxicated and endangering the welfare of a child.

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Naida will be held at the First Precinct overnight and is scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on Monday. 


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